OnLive, which streams top-notch games direct to any device, including TV, has its share of skeptics. Since the service’s announcement at GDC last year, critics have cast doubt on its claims to eliminate latency. But at DICE yesterday (Thursday), OnLive’s president and CEO Steve Perlman showed a live, working demo …
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AntiGrav celebrates revenue growth
AntiGrav Media saw its turnover increase 400 per cent for fiscal year 2009, and now the firm is intent on re-creating that success for 2010. The peripherals specialist attributes the sales triumph to its huge range of products and growing selection of licensed accessories. AntiGrav Media grew significantly in 2009,” …
Read More »Celebs on board for Alice push
Disney Interactive Studios is planning to work with stars from upcoming movie Alice in Wonderland in order to promote the accompanying video game. The publisher is once again joining forces with Disney’s Hollywood arm, following the successful collaboration between the teams when marketing last week’s release The Princess and the …
Read More »Switzerland pursues violent games ban
With violent games currently causing a stir in Australia, closer to home it has emerged that Switzerland is now considering banning violent video games outright in the territory. A resolution restricting the sale of mature games to minors has already been passed unopposed, according to Gamesmarkt, and will be now …
Read More »Section 8 gets PSN release
Having already hit Xbox 360 and PC late last year, futuristic shooter Section 8 is now heading to PS3 – though developer TimeGate has skipped publishers and retail, opting instead for a digital-only release on the PlayStation Network. The decision is most likely related to TimeGate’s legal spat with SouthPeak, …
Read More »Q2 losses for SouthPeak
Virginia-based US publisher SouthPeak Interactive has seen the $1.2m profit it enjoyed in the quarter ending December 31st 2008 turn into a $2.6m loss for the same period in 2009. Also down were revenues – they fell from $17.3m to $10.1m, a decline of 42 per cent. Operating costs, however, …
Read More »Pink DSi not just for girls
Though the arrival of the pink DS did wonders to widen the market reach of the popular handheld, Nintendo has said that the colour is also a popular option amongst its male demographic. With this new colour it is definitely about the girls – although that’s not to say that …
Read More »DSi Pretty in Pink
James Batchelor talks to Nintendo’s junior product manager Zoe Cooper about why retailers should show the new version of the handheld some love this Valentine’s weekend… Who are you targeting with the pink DSi and how will you engage with this audience? With this new colour it is definitely about …
Read More »Rockstars to soloists
Why a Rockstar Leedsâ?? duo are forming their own iPhone outfit
Read More »The longer console cycle
In the middle of last year, Microsoft’s game software boss Phil Spencer offered a telling quote about the direction of the games industry to MCV. It wasn’t about motion controllers or new online services – it was about the market forces that are allowing those things to appear: Do we …
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